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Winds aloft (in flight)

The wind you are actually flying in: wind vector = ground vector − air vector, the inverse of the wind triangle (heading and course must share a reference; the wind comes out in that same reference).

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How this is computed

The wind you are actually flying in: wind vector = ground vector − air vector, the inverse of the wind triangle (heading and course must share a reference; the wind comes out in that same reference). Crabbing 8° right of a due-north course at 120 kt TAS while making 100 kt over the ground means a ~25 kt wind from about 040. Pinned as the wind triangle's round-trip in scripts/test-tools-core.ts.

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